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November 2025


Vocabulary Support for All Readers

TeachingBooks is excited to be able to support vocabulary development for all readers. Support advanced readers with graphic organizers that deepen word knowledge, solidify meaning, and enhance comprehension. These scaffolded printables help students explore definitions, contexts, usage, and relationships—making vocabulary learning more meaningful and connected to the texts they read.

Working with younger readers? With our Beginning & Early Reader and Elementary Reader sets, TeachingBooks offers age-appropriate worksheets to support vocabulary development for all ages!

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Promote Access to TeachingBooks in Your Community!

Get the word out about the latest offerings from TeachingBooks. We continue to enhance our product and designed these fliers so that you can update your community on the features and values of this PreK-12 literacy resource.

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Easy to share with colleagues and friends, we hope these 1-page PDFs help to showcase ways that TeachingBooks enriches the literacy work done throughout your community.


Meet-the-Author Recording: This Moment is Special: A Día de Muertos Story with John Parra

Author John Parra and book This Moment is Special

Listen to award-winning author/illustrator John Parra share how he incorporated childhood memories, generational connections, and vibrant artwork for his picture book This Moment Is Special: A Día de Muertos Story (Simon & Schuster, 2025).

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Supporting Early Literacy with TeachingBooks

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Browse exceptional texts tagged by more than a dozen phonics and phonological awareness classifications. Find graphic organizers and additional activities to support comprehension and vocabulary development.

Wednesday, November 12, 2025 1:00 CT

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Brittany Luby on Mnoomin maan'gowing / The Gift of Mnoomin

Brittany Luby and book Mnoomin maan'gowing / The Gift of Mnoomin

Brittany Luby reflects on her personal connection with the Anishinaabe people and the inspiration for her picture book Mnoomin maan'gowing / The Gift of Mnoomin (House of Anansi, 2023). Visit our blog to engage with the book resources and explore the imagination activity.

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Featured Booklist: Notable Poetry Books and Verse Novels

Featured Booklist books

Invite your readers to discover a variety of verse with Notable Poetry and Verse Novels selected by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). Explore resources for selections including picture books, anthologies, and novels-in-verse.

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Early Literacy Activities

If your school uses both TeachingBooks and Sora, students and teachers can now easily access Sora books from TeachingBooks. Plus, if you activate the Sora Wishlist feature, students and teachers can suggest specific digital books to be added to your Sora collection.

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